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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-06-21 15:03:35 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-06-21 15:03:35 +0000
commit1ce7b61d0ea270b0c463198afca1cd0e214192fb (patch)
tree947f954d8a82091744d3809da651319e9d82001d /src/od.c
parentStandardize on the diagnostics given when someone gives (diff)
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(main): Standardize on the diagnostics given when someone gives
too few operands ("missing operand after `xxx'") or too many operands ("extra operand `xxx'"). Include "quote.h" and/or "error.h" if it wasn't already being included.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/od.c')
-rw-r--r--src/od.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/od.c b/src/od.c
index 4a288b4df..452e16b90 100644
--- a/src/od.c
+++ b/src/od.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include "system.h"
#include "error.h"
#include "posixver.h"
+#include "quote.h"
#include "xstrtol.h"
/* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
@@ -1873,8 +1874,9 @@ it must be one character from [doxn]"),
}
else if (n_files > 3)
{
- error (0, 0,
- _("compatibility mode supports at most three arguments"));
+ error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv[optind + 3]));
+ fprintf (stderr, "%s\n",
+ _("Compatibility mode supports at most three operands."));
usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
}